Instruction to Tenderers – Restricted/ Negotiated/ Competitive Dialogue Procedure for Works Contractors

## 5. Requirements for Tenders, Continued

5.8 Pricing	Unless otherwise stated, all sums given in Tenders must be in euro, to two decimal places. Candidates must not insert additional items in the Pricing Document, except where permitted to do so by the Pricing Document, or make any alterations to the Pricing Document. Candidates must not amend (lump sums or Reserved Sums) inserted in the Pricing Document by the Employer that are associated with named Specialist works set out in Part 1F (iii) of the Form of Tender and Schedule and Standing Conciliator services (if required) at Part 1N of the Form of Tender and Schedule. Where Specialists are to be novated under the Contract, Candidates will be required to price lump sum items in the Pricing Document to cover: 1. General attendances; 2. Special attendances; and 3. Management, to incorporate the Contractor’s management, risk acceptance and indirect overhead costs associated with the employment of each of the named Specialists to be engaged for the Works. 4. In the Pricing Document Candidates will also be required to include an item for main contractor’s profit on each of the named Specialist’s Sums, rated as a percentage. Candidates will apply their tendered percentages to each of the named Specialists’ Sums to create lump sum items for profit on each named Specialists’ works. The tendered percentage for the main contractor’s profit on each named Specialist Sum will not be less than zero. The percentage items for profit relating to each of the named Specialist’s works will be transferred to Part 3B of the Form of Tender and Schedule prior to the award of the Contract. A Reserved Sum will also be provided by the Employer where the Contract requires the appointment of a Standing Conciliator. In this case the items listed 1 – 4 above will not apply. Amounts must be included wherever required in the Form of Tender, the Schedule, Part 2, and the Pricing Document. Blank spaces, the terms ‘nil’ or ‘included’, or dashes or zero or the like must not be used. Where zero is a permitted entry, it must be stated as ‘0.00’ (see also “Tender Evaluation” at Appendix 5 if applicable). Each amount must properly cover the full inclusive value of the work to which the amount relates. Candidates must not use abnormally high or low rates or prices. This prohibition includes using strategies that might allow the Candidate to benefit disproportionately from clauses 10.6.4 or 10.7 of the Conditions or, if it would be a compensation event under the Contract, a difference between the Contract value of the Works according to the quantities and descriptions in the Bill of Quantities and the Contract value of the Works described in the Works Requirements. Each amount in the Pricing Document except an item described as an ‘adjustment item’ must cover the full inclusive value (excluding value-added tax) of the relevant work, and, where applicable, a fair allocation of the tendered Contract Sum. Any adjustment item that a tenderer may apply to their final total in a Pricing Document does not apply to Employer controlled sums such the Reserved Sum (if applicable), Contract Sums for Novated Specialists, nor to any associated amounts as referred to at 1 – 4 above.

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